bòrd

See also: bord, Bord, borð, bórd, and börd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bord (“edge, side, border, brink; board, table; seat, bench”) (compare Irish bord, Manx boayrd), borrowed from Old English bord (“plank, table”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /b̥ɔːrˠt̪/ [b̥ɔː(ɻ)ʈ]
• (Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, Duirinish, Applecross) IPA^(key): /b̥ɔːrˠs̪t̪/ [b̥ɔː(rˠ)ʂt̪]
• (South Uist, much of Skye) IPA^(key): /b̥ɔː(rˠ)t̪/ [b̥ɔːɹt̪]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /b̥ɔːrˠt̪ʰ/ [b̥ɔːr̥ˠt̪]
• (Colonsay) IPA^(key): /b̥ɔːrˠs̪t̪/ [b̥ɔˑr̥ˠʃd̪̊]

Noun

bòrd m (genitive singular bùird, plural bùird)

1. table (furniture)
2. plank, board
3. board (of directors, etc.)
4. (nautical) deck (of a ship)

Derived terms

• air bòrd (“on board, aboard”)
• anart-bùird (“tablecloth”)
• bòrd-beulaibh (“starboard”)
• bòrd-cùlaibh (“port (ship's side)”)
• bòrd-dubh (“blackboard”)
• bòrd-eun (“bird table”)
• bòrd-sgrìobhaidh (“desk”)
• bòrd-stiùiridh (“board of directors”)
• cairt-bhòrd (“cardboard”)
• spàin-bhùird (“tablespoon”)
• teanas-bùird (“table tennis”)

Verb

bòrd (past bhòrd, future bòrdaidh, verbal noun bòrdadh, past participle bòrdte)

1. (nautical) tack
2. board (a ship, etc.)

   Bhòrd iad an long. ― They boarded the ship.

Mutation

Mutation of bòrd

radical	lenition
bòrd	bhòrd

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “bòrd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN